Boy Articles

  The information below is from the AFI FEST website. One film in each of the following sections received an Audience Award: World Cinema BOY: When his absent father returns home, a young boy in 1980’s New Zealand must confront the man he thought he remembered. DIR/SCR Taika Waititi. New Zealand. New Auteurs BEDEVILLED: An island vacation turns deadly for Hae-won when she tries to [...]

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Friday, July 17. Synopses from the Outfest website. Steam by Eldar Rapaport (top); Vandals by Simon Steuri (middle); El Abuelo by Dino Dinco (bottom) Safe Words (Fri, Jul 17th 7:00pm, FAIRFAX 1) Shorts Program Running Time is 92 min Steam Directed By: Eldar Rapaport USA, 2009, 16 min Moving between anxiety, reflection and fear, two strangers try to make sense of [...]

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup Feature Films IN COMPETITION Rückenwind (Light Gradient) by Jan Krüger (Germany, 2009) friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 14.30 El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) by Belén Macías (Spain, 2008) friday 24 april, 22.45 – saturday 25 april, 11.30 Gu huo (Fire in Silence) by Shen Weiwei (China, 2008) saturday 25 april, 18 – [...]

Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito, best known for his 2006 Teddy Award-winning The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, will be at the Torino GLBT Film Festival, which runs April 23-30, as a member of the international jury and to present the world premiere of his new feature, Boy, recently banned in Singapore. In Boy, a young poet sells his comic books to afford a one-night stand with [...]